underpriest

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noun

A subordinate priest

OriginMiddle English underprest →
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Meanings

noununderpriest (plural underpriests)

plural underpriests

  1. A subordinate priest

    Once they dragged the man to the open metal casket, two of the underpriests stepped in to help secure him.

    2007, Leigh Grossman, The Green Lion, page 174

Origin

  1. Middle Englishunderprest
  2. Englishunderpriest

From Middle English underprest, unnderrpreost, equivalent to under- + priest. Cognate with Icelandic undirprestur.

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APA

underpriest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underpriest

MLA

“underpriest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underpriest. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underpriest,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underpriest.

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